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1Claire Coles, Ph.D., is director of Clinical and Developmental Research at the Human and Behavior Genetics Laboratory of the Department of Psychiatry and is director of Psychological Services at the Marcus Development Center of the Department of Pediatrics, the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Birth defects associated with FAS can vary, depending on when during gestation the fetus is exposed and how long the exposure continues. Although defects such as craniofacial abnormalities have been clearly associated with exposure early in pregnancy, behavioral deficits have not been as closely connected with a critical period of pregnancy.
Birth defects associated with FAS can vary, depending on when during gestation the fetus is exposed and how long the exposure continues. Although defects such as craniofacial abnormalities have been clearly associated with exposure early in pregnancy, behavioral deficits have not been as closely connected with a critical period of pregnancy.
